1064

1064 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1064; MLXIV
Ab urbe condita	1817
Armenian calendar	513; ԹՎ ՇԺԳ
Assyrian calendar	5814
Balinese saka calendar	985–986
Bengali calendar	471
Berber calendar	2014
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1608
Burmese calendar	426
Byzantine calendar	6572–6573
Chinese calendar	癸卯年 (Water Rabbit); 3761 or 3554; — to —; 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon); 3762 or 3555
Coptic calendar	780–781
Discordian calendar	2230
Ethiopian calendar	1056–1057
Hebrew calendar	4824–4825
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1120–1121
- Shaka Samvat	985–986
- Kali Yuga	4164–4165
Holocene calendar	11064
Igbo calendar	64–65
Iranian calendar	442–443
Islamic calendar	456–457
Japanese calendar	Kōhei 7; (康平７年)
Javanese calendar	967–968
Julian calendar	1064; MLXIV
Korean calendar	3397
Minguo calendar	848 before ROC; 民前848年
Nanakshahi calendar	−404
Seleucid era	1375/1376 AG
Thai solar calendar	1606–1607
Tibetan calendar	阴水兔年; (female Water-Rabbit); 1190 or 809 or 37; — to —; 阳木龙年; (male Wood-Dragon); 1191 or 810 or 38

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century; 11th century ; 12th century;
Decades:	1040s; 1050s; 1060s ; 1070s; 1080s;
Years:	1061; 1062; 1063; 1064 ; 1065; 1066; 1067;

Year 1064 (MLXIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

Summer – King Ferdinand I (the Great) conquers more territory in modern-day Portugal and captures Coimbra. He appoints Sisnando Davides to reorganise the economy and administer the lands encircling the city.
European warriors go to Spain, to participate in the siege of Barbastro. This expedition is sanctioned by Pope Alexander II – and is now regarded as an early form of Crusade.^[1]
Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, is shipwrecked on the shores of Ponthieu (Normandy). He is captured by Count Guy I who takes him as hostage to his castle of Beaurian.
Duke William I (the Bastard) demands the release of Harold Godwinson from Guy I (after a ransom being paid). Harold must swear an oath to aid William to the throne of England.
Kings Harald Hardrada of Norway and Sweyn II of Denmark agree to a peace agreement. Harald turns his attentions to England where he believes he has a right to the throne.

April 27 – Alp Arslan succeeds to the throne, as sultan of the Seljuk Empire. He becomes sole ruler of Persia from the river Oxus to the Tigris.
The Seljuk Turks under Alp Arslan invade Anatolia, and capture Ani after a siege of 25-days. He sacks the city and slaughters its citizens.^[2]
Badr al-Jamali, Fatimid governor of Syria, tries to engineer a pro-Fatimid coup in Aleppo; but the rebellion is suppressed by Musa Yabgu.^[3]

King Bagrat IV of Georgia captures the fortress city of Samshvilde, the capital of the neighboring Tashir-Dzoraget.

January 4 – The Aztecs migrate from Aztlán to the southern lands in central Mexico.^[4]

Winter – Great German Pilgrimage: Archbishop Siegfried I of Mainz leads a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Either during this pilgrimage or shortly before it, the Ezzolied; a High German poem on the life of Christ, is composed.
Michaelsberg Abbey at Siegburg (modern Germany) is founded by Anno II, archbishop of Cologne.
Construction of the Piazza dei Miracoli (known as Piazza del Duomo) at Pisa in Tuscany begins.

^ McGrank, Lawrence (1981). "Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and te principality of Tarragona 1129-55". Journal of Medieval History. 7 (1): 67–82. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1.
^ Baynes, T.S. (2008). Anni, Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 72.
^ David Nicolle (2013). Osprey: Manzikert 1071: The breaking of Byzantium, p. 20. ISBN 978-1-78096-503-1.
^ Anales de Tlatelolco, Rafael Tena INAH–CONACULTA 2004, p. 55.

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